VIDEO MANAGEMENT

Video Channels

Video Time Premium’s preview mode allows teachers to build great video-based courses in moodle, looking very similar to video channels on popular video platforms like Youtube.

Preview mode displays each Video Time activity with:

Preview image
Video Title
Video Description (trimmed; long descriptions displayed in modal)
Video Tags
Duration of the video
Viewed duration (progress bar)

Video Time Business 1.5 by bdecent — Video repository

Video Picker

Video Time Premium provides a direct integration — it connects your moodle site to your vimeo account.

Filter videos by albums and tags
Preview a video

Only two steps to add a video

Teachers simply choose a video from your vimeo account and click save because information stored in vimeo can be pulled directly into the Video Time activity:

Title
Description
Tags
Duration

Video Time Business 1.5 by bdecent — Video repository pull metadata

Video Time Business 1.5 by bdecent — Video repository pulled metadata

Pull metadata of any vimeo manually

Teachers can also simply enter the Video’s URL and click “Pull metadata from Vimeo” — it works for any video on vimeo that can be embedded.

Monitor video usage

Ever wondered how often a video is used on your Moodle site? The video repository lists all Video Time activities that use the same video — with a link to the activity.

Video Time Business 1.5 by bdecent — Video embeds

Interactive transcript

Read along the video for better comprehension. Supports multiple languages and can be used for easy navigation within a video.

New in Video Time Premium 1.5

Global search

Video Time Premium makes the captions and subtitles from your videos available for Moodle’s global search, as time based results. This effectively allows for full-text video seraching!

New in Video Time Premium 1.5

Full text search in Video Time Business 1.5

Video Time Business 1.5 by bdecent — Total time report

Enhanced reporting

A new report source for Moodle’s custom report builder has been added.

New in Video Time Premium 1.8

See the total video time on the report page in the top right corner. The report now follows the global site configuration and displays all columns enabled in the useridentity setting.

New in Video Time Premium 1.6

Full list of features

	Basic	Pro	Premium	Enterprise
CORE The Video Time product family is a set of plugins to integrate video and audio into moodle.	✔	✔	✔	✔
Moodle course activityCORE Add videos easily into your courses	✔	✔	✔	✔
Native Vimeo playerCORE Natively supports the Vimeo player	✔	✔	✔	✔
Video JS playerCORE Also supports most other videos, both locally stored in Moodle and externally using the Video JS player	✔	✔	✔	✔
Global configurationCORE Setup global defaults for all settings of the activity	✔	✔	✔	✔
Forced settingsCORE Maintain consistency by enforcing settings across your site		✔	✔	✔
INTERFACE	✔	✔	✔	✔
Additional contentINTERFACE Add content above and below the video time player (header & footer)	✔	✔	✔	✔
Global search supportINTERFACE Search for title and description using Moodle’s global search	✔	✔	✔	✔
Mobile app supportINTERFACE Video can be watched (online) in the Moodle app		✔	✔	✔
Resume videoINTERFACE Remembers the position in the video where the user has left and automatically resumes from there.		✔	✔	✔
Binge watchingINTERFACE Automatically proceed to the next activity when the current video is finished		✔	✔	✔
Next activity buttonINTERFACE Displays a button to proceed to the recommended next activity		✔	✔	✔
Star ratingsINTERFACE Rating videos (and all other content)		✔	✔	✔
In-activity modeINTERFACE Embed videos in other parts of Moodle, e.g. another activity or a block (using a filter)		✔	✔	✔
Label ModeINTERFACE Display video player on course page		✔	✔	✔
Preview ModeINTERFACE Display video thumbnail on course page			✔	✔
Video Time meets Designer Use Video Time in combination with Designer to create a video learning course easily.			✔	✔
TABS Display important information side-by-side with the video	✔	✔	✔	✔
SplitscreenTABS Display video and content side-by-side; resize the video size depending on your needs	✔	✔	✔	✔
Watch tabTABS Only the video player is visible (100% width)	✔	✔	✔	✔
Information tabTABS Add static content, for example information about the speaker	✔	✔	✔	✔
Blocks tabTABS Add Moodle blocks, for example the comments block	✔	✔	✔	✔
Chat tabTABS Enable users to chat in real time (powered by Deft)	✔	✔	✔	✔
Related activities tabTABS Display other activities from the same section	✔	✔	✔	✔
Chapters tabTABS Automatically display the chapters from Vimeo videos		✔	✔	✔
Transcript tabTABS Display the captions from Vimeo videos as an interactive transcript			✔	✔
TRACKING & REPORTING Track how students watch video content		✔	✔	✔
Track watch timeTRACKING & REPORTING Track how long a user spent in a video in total		✔	✔	✔
Track watch percentageTRACKING & REPORTING Track how far into a video a user has watched		✔	✔	✔
Track current timeTRACKING & REPORTING Track at which time the user currently is		✔	✔	✔
Gradebook supportTRACKING & REPORTING Synchronize the watch percentage into Moodle’s gradebook		✔	✔	✔
Prevent fast forwardingTRACKING & REPORTING Avoid that users skip parts of the video		✔	✔	✔
Tracking interval selectorTRACKING & REPORTING Configure how often tracking occurs (5s, 60s, 5m, longer intervals recommended for live events)		✔	✔	✔
Privacy providerTRACKING & REPORTING Support Moodle’s privacy provider		✔	✔	✔
Course (activity) reportTRACKING & REPORTING Report views, watch time and percentage to teachers in the course		✔	✔	✔
Report builder supportTRACKING & REPORTING Create custom reports for various scenarios		✔	✔	✔
COMPLETION CONDITIONS Flexible completin conditions to ensure the desired watch behaviour	✔	✔	✔	✔
Require viewCOMPLETION CONDITIONS Activity is completed if the student has started the player once	✔	✔	✔	✔
Require watch timeCOMPLETION CONDITIONS Activity is completed if the student has spent the configured time in the video (e.g. 10min)		✔	✔	✔
Require watch percentageCOMPLETION CONDITIONS Activity is completed if the student has reached the configured position in the video (e.g. 80%)		✔	✔	✔
Require finished videoCOMPLETION CONDITIONS Activity is compelted if the student has reached the end of the video (same as percentage = 100%)		✔	✔	✔
Require gradeCOMPLETION CONDITIONS Activity is compelted if the student has achieved the (passing) grade		✔	✔	✔
VIDEO MANAGEMENT Manage your videos directly within Moodle.			✔	✔
System level API authenticationVIDEO MANAGEMENT Connect to Vimeo’s api using a system account user			✔	✔
Metadata synchronisationVIDEO MANAGEMENT Synchronize the videos from Vimeo to Moodle, with title, description, tags, albums, preview image etc.			✔	✔
Video repositoryVIDEO MANAGEMENT Allow teachers to see videos from Vimeo within Moodle and use them in their courses			✔	✔
Video embedding overviewVIDEO MANAGEMENT Preview a video before using it in a video time activity			✔	✔
Multiple accountsVIDEO MANAGEMENT Each teacher authorizes their own account (instead of the whole platform using the system account)				✔
Folder supportVIDEO MANAGEMENT Teachers see only videos from folders that they have access to				✔
Video ownershipVIDEO MANAGEMENT Teachers only see videos they own				✔
VIDEO HUB powered by Dash				✔
Video ChannelsVIDEO HUB powered by Dash Display videos by tag or course anywhere on your Moodle site, e.g. the front page or a custom dashboard				✔
Sharing videosVIDEO HUB powered by Dash Allow any user on your site to share videos with other users (requires additional setup)				✔
SUPPORT & ONBOARDING	✔	✔	✔	✔
Community based supportSUPPORT & ONBOARDING Ask questions in the moodle.org forums	✔	✔	✔	✔
Ticket systemSUPPORT & ONBOARDING Access a dedicated support system and get help from the support team		✔	✔	✔
OnboardingSUPPORT & ONBOARDING Initial setup and configuration, staff training and knowledge (best practise) transfer				✔
Premium supportSUPPORT & ONBOARDING Dedicated support agent, contact via e-Mail or in online sessions				✔
Individual SLAsSUPPORT & ONBOARDING Can be agreed				✔

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